as you know, there are five works of art for the transit center. four of the artists -- that artwork had been presented to our cac. we had met with staff regarding it over the last 16 months. we feel those four works of art sit well and fit within the goals that the directors have said already, of artwork on a both small and large scale, that will focus on particular areas of the center, and will enhance the experience of everyone passing through its doors. however, the work of the fifth artist, timothy hawkinson, who was selected to design a landmark entry sculpture at the northeast corner of the center had not been before our cac until april 12 of this year. during staff presentation, we were told the board of directors had already commissioned this work with the advice and consent of the severed his go arts commission. we take issue with the vetting process that was used in selecting this artist and more importantly, the choice of the sculpture itself. as a cac, we were created by you to provide community-wide input, review and support the vario

traffic management center is at 25 van ness. as john mentioned, in 2009, we did a study for what side would be most appropriate. we had a previous study in 2000 and that was done by booz allen hamilton under the offices of the river project which because of an operational content document which established key principles for our central control program. a couple of the key principle were one that we should unify our various functions into one location so that these activities could be co located and coordinated on a 24/7 basis. one of the other key concepts was that we should have both a primary and secondary -- in a post-9/11 environment, there are a lot of issues that have evolved around redundancy and security. there were a number of other objectives including establishing maintenance desks. additional functions that central control to facilitate the smooth operation and integration of delivering the transportation services. some of those have been incorporated into our planning as well. so a side that was identified as our p

the african-american art and culture complex, mission cultural center for latino arts, cultural centerbrannan street at ninth and the bayview opera house. as many of you know, especially those of who you have a facility housed in your district, what didn't come with the purchase of the building was any kind of funding to support the long-term facility needs. so this is a wonderful opportunity for us to do long overdue work with at the bayview opera house. it's been work that we have been struggling to do and we're very pleased that these two projects are coming together at a time when the tenant organization is really producing extraordinary summer programs, after school programs, performance opportunities, gallery exhibitions. so this is really wonderful timing for us and most importantly wonderful timing for the community. so i really encourage your support and thank you for your time. president chiu: thank you. colleagues, unless there are any questions to city staff, let me open this item up to public comment. if you want to speak on this issue, please line up on the center aisle.

congress has traditionally provided funds to health centers, including school-based health centers to provide for care, not construction. to do it the other way around would lead to situations where a center is built but in care is delivered. both policy choices require local funds to be spent but only the policy for paying for services, not construction, guarantees money won't be wasted or worse yet never used to deliver one ounce of care. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from connecticut. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> i rise in opposition to this bill. my wife, audrey, is a pediatric nurse practitioner, she doesn't today, but through her i've gotten a chance to be exposed to the benefit of community health centers. there's no more efficient delivery system. it makes sure that kids get good, high-quality care at school, get them back on their feet, back where they belong, rather than going to emergency rooms spending hours waiting

that particular center is run by the families coalition. once again, we are proposing that to the mayor's office. supervisor avalos: thank you both for the great report. i would like you to comment on this policy debate that has been going on. we have had limited resources and been trying to serve not just the most vulnerable families. looking at struggling, middle- class families that are trying hard to make ends meet. there is preschool and trying to be more flexible about other things, but i will just ask, with limited resources, how do you plan to deal with that policy dilemma? >> dcys is mandated by the

potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next 9 months. group prenatal care is designed to give women the opportunity to bond during their pregnancy with other women that have similar due dates. our doctors here are family doctors. they are able to help these women deliver their babies at the hospital, at general hospital

the program will be operated at the center. the transfer of this facility to the housing authority is important for two main reasons. we feel like the proper management of this facility is best kept with the housing authority because it is such an active facility and it has such a late programming that having the on-site staff and the residents is really important. we also feel like, as a hub in the neighborhood, the residents would be the best words and making sure it remains active and is best maintained and we can make sure it goes on with other services in a robust way. supervisors, we would appreciate your approval of this transfer and i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. supervisor mar: any questions? supervisors cohen? supervisors cohen: is there anyone here from the housing authority? >> the housing authority staff, unfortunately, cannot be here today, but i'm having to take any questions back, supervisors cohen. supervisors cohen: i do not have any questions. i just wanted to know if they were here to repres

that particular center is run by the families coalition. once again, we are proposing that to the mayor's office. supervisor avalos: thank you both for the great report. i would like you to comment on this policy debate that has been going on. we have had limited resources and been trying to serve not just the most vulnerable families. looking at struggling, middle- class families that are trying hard to make ends meet. there is preschool and trying to be more flexible about other things, but i will just ask, with limited resources, how do you plan to deal with that policy dilemma? >> dcys is mandated by the charter to be universal, in theory. we have funding programs for all of the services in the city, but we do have policies imbedded for allocation plans that ask us and require us to mandate or target services to highest need populations in high as need neighborhoods. within our own policy documents, we have outlined what those are, based on needs assessments, an index that we worked closely to develop with service agencies. so, based on

john's regional medical center. i can't believe they were able to evacuate those hospital and they saved most of the people inside, they saved their lives. >> reporter: they did evacuate everyone, carol. they say that, but they do not give us a specific count of the casualties from it. so that may be information that we get later. you can see where our photo journalist, john person, is panning to your left. and you can see now the facade of this medical center, the windows taken out, the top sheared off. total devastation here. we're told that x-rays from this facility were found 70 miles away in dade county, missouri. it's just unbelievable. we saw gurneys from the hospital about five blocks down the road here. it gives you a sense of the devastation. i'm with one of the survivors. reverend c.j. campbell. his house was completely destroyed on sunday when the tornado hit. you were there with your foster sister. describe what happened when it came in. >> well, first we had the initial warning. the tornado sirens went

in the co-director of the center for policy analysis. i have a doctorate and master's degree in public health. i believe the reason -- the reason i'm here today as i have worked on health care reform at the national level in the u.s. senate and the 1990's and more recently on this effort. also here in san francisco in the 1980's between the master's and ph.d. in the senate, i helped organize a group in san francisco called the community health coalition, which advocated for the department of public health's budget. i share with some of the people in this room is a memory of some of the hospitals and capacity that i'm going to talk to you about. i'm really just going to remind us what hospital capacity use to look like and what it looks like now, largely to make the point that as we started discussing, the issues of cost and quality are not going to be resolved simply by how much we have in our particular plate. ok. who is going to decide about what our capacity should be and what kinds of services we are going to provide? we are talking

boston center has a suspected hijacked airplane. i have put the f-15's at ottis international guard base on battle stations. scramble them. we will hold them out over the water until we get the permission as necessary. hijacked airplane. we know nothing about it at all. we do not know where it is. >> what's going on, betty bete, talk to me. >> we just had a plane crash into the upper floor of the world trade center. the world trade center tower number 1 is on fire. the whole outside of the building. >> we have a very tragic alert for you right now. an incredible plane crash into the world trade center here at the lower tip of manhattan. >> it's believed the 737 has crashed into this. speculation at this point. but at least three floors taken out. crashed into the side of the building. joining us right now one of the producers with fox report. owen on the scene where are you. >> i'm on the roof of my building about five blocks south to the world trade center. i'm looking right now at the world trade center. there is a massive gapping

our center, the berkeley center of law. so you know one of our basic tenant system that community and law enforcement need to work together. it's sometimes different for folks not used to working together. sometimes our partners have told us. it's helpful to have an outside agency come and serve as a catalyst to serve the folks on the ground. the chief talked about the juvenile strategy. we have worked with john tores and the san francisco police department and other organizations, as the chief talked about. those who are most at risk. those are 18 to 24 years old. those are folks out of custody and were called in to receive the message that the violence must stop and it's community services giving the same message together with amount of service providers in the room. and again, the partnerships are really the key to that. one thing we have seen in the adult colin strategy. they have worked in a way they weren't doing before in term was co-case and coordinating. >> are you telling us, the call-in program, as it relates to

she was here to represent the entrepreneurship centers. she left her comments with me. so i'm going to give you a few highlights from renaissance as well. she had just come back from the a.e.o. conference in d.c. she had a couple of interesting statistics about micro enterprise which are businesss that have zero to four employees. if 1-3 hired a singlelele employee the u.s. would be at full employment. and also that the median net worth of business owners is two anded a half times that of nonbusiness honers and the statistics are more stunning in terms of the minority communities where it's for african-american business owners they are earning 10 times more than african-americans who do not own businesses. so it's very critical in helping them become business owners. renaissance was established in 1985. they have three sights. one in the bay view, one in the south of market, one in the mid peninsula. they serve 1,600 annually. and they core is training, workshops, a business incubator, capital access to technology and graduate services. on behalf of both urban solutions

the majority because of the multi-purpose center. i had the lead part in a shakespeare play, which meant that i had to be at rehearsal every day. the only room, as paul said, is the activity room that we do that in. it is a small space and i was not really used to be separate theater for the performance. when i got there, i was not used to it. there were different entrances, stairs, and it was a whole new experience, and would have been a lot easier for me if we just had a place where we could all practiced. and also, since the only big space we have is used for other things, too, sometimes our rehearsals are crammed into the eighth grade room, which is very small, or other classrooms. our school does a lot of, like, music performances, and i think that we really need a performance space because we have to, again, car pool to another theater, and our whole school is really affected by that because it takes up so much time and we also have to load in all of the musical instruments and drive them all the way to the theater where we per

the operating theater is the center of the whole facility. we are going to have all of our operational managers in their managing the transit system, power control, traffic management, our new trouble desks that i talked about, and then we have expansion capacity if we want to bring in in the future staff, either on a full- time basis or an as needed basis, to manage specialized services for coordinating with taxi, the paratransit, and other sfmta functions. we have also added a room and some desks specifically for information analysis and public information. one of the key additional services we want to provide is an integrated real-time analysis of what is going on on all the different corners of the sfmta operation and providing the information to a new public information officer and coordinating the information we put out to the public's and also to coordinate among our own divisions of the sfmta. one of the good examples that i heard of this when we were interviewing the various stakeholders was from the taxi division. right now, everyth

daycare center in the park. these coyotes are now committing what animal control calls unacceptable behavior. as the numbers grow exponentially and they become more aggressive, i want to know what the city plans to do about it? right now, there is no plan except to educate the residents and wait until an animal or a person gets injured, and then fish and game would come and shoot the animal. that seems like a lose/lose situation for everyone. supervisor wiener: i am sorry that animal care and control is not here, but i have had an of conversations about this, that i feel like i can answer this. for those who do not know, we do have coyotes in san francisco. they are part of the wildlife in the city. they are here. they have been there for awhile. the city has worked hard to educate people on how to interact with coyotes. for example, not feeding them. not getting them comfortable with being around people, etc. a few weeks ago, there was a pack of coyotes, between 4 and 6, that was spotted a couple of times. it w

we collaborate with organizations like the small business assistance center that -- assistance center, the san francisco small business development center, and pacific community ventures. all of these organizations and more create a network of vital support services and resources for small businesses in san francisco. i would also like to take the opportunity to thank working solutions' staff, board, supporters, and volunteers, who are really a big part of the success that we are celebrating this morning. finally, i would like to thank the city, mayor lee, supervisor wiener, and the small business commission for continuing to prioritize the needs of small businesses. it is my hope that we will be able to build on the success of this loan fund so that even more entrepreneur worst -- entrepreneurs in the future can access these funds. thank you so much. [applause] >> i had no idea what to expect. this is my first press conference. [laughter] i have not prepared tirelessly for this, but i definitely have a lot to say about the space that we are standing in, so, welcome. producer real --

we're one of nine adult day care centers. i appreciate mayor and supervisors and department heads as we followed you around from district to district, we really come to appreciate how much love and commitment you have from san francisco. knowing you working closely with the supervisors, we are confident you will do the right thing but have i to say that for five years, senior services have been cut and cut. pulled from the federal, the state and the local government. and today i want to plead with you, while we're not asking to make new promises but an old promise that must be kept and that is san francisco will not send our elderly to nursing homes or long-term institution prematurely. so when you close the adult day health care centers, many, many of the seniors will be almost go right back to acute hospital or zeend into a nursing home. we do not want you to do that. we cannot afford to do that. we have to keep that promise. so supervisor, mayor, please help us not to give the word to the seniors, they are already living w

i also work at the lgbt center. i also think it is an opportunity for people to feel safe in their community. my question is, i distinctly remember not being able to go inside. why is it open to the san francisco unified school district high-school? what was done differently? >> un to the recreation center and there is a wrestling team using the space at the moment? >> it was closed to people like myself. i am wondering what was done differently. >> i am not sure i know enough about the specifics about that particular day. >> it was not a particular day. >> let me repeat where we are at the moment. we are firmly committed to a youth space. we don't support an unstructured for unsupervised where there is no supervision. what we want to bring to the space is a healthy, safe, fun program. some of the programs that i think are being offered include crotty, dance, spoken word. there is a dodge ball and street hockey program going on in the space. >> again, our recreational programming really does want community employmen

. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. we started out with some low clouds and some fog but hey, here comes that sunshine. just how long will the spring weather stick around? we'll talk about that coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, final message. al-qaida released t [ foreign language ] >>> it could be osama bin laden's final message, al qaeda releasing this audio recording online today. in it, he praises the revolutions that have gripped the arab world and called on supporters to topple more tyrants. it's believe it was recorded shortly before his death from inside his compound where the navy seals found and killed him. >>> president obama offered punishment and praise to countries in the mideast today. he made what the white house called a major address at the state department. as danielle nottingham reports, the president wants to steer that region towards peace and stability. >> reporter: president obama is punishing syria's president for attack his own people to hold on to power. >> working with the international community,

it is used by the judge rottenberg center in massachusetts.od behind the practice even after the head of the u.n. office on torture condemned it here on "nightline." and the justice department launched an investigation. but now, a new development. today, the school's founder, dr. matthew israel, was in a criminal court in massachusetts. indicted by the state attorney general on charges of misleading a grand jury and destroying evidence. the case stems from an incident in 2007 in which two students were mistakenly administered dozens of shocks. for years, dr. israel and supportive parents have argued that his method, while controversial, has been the only help for their children. over and over the center has shown us videotapes like this one, which they say prove that students with severe disabilities improve after receiving the skin shock treatment. when we told the center we were doing this follow-up, they even threw in one of their success stories from florida to tell us that the shock treatment, though painful, had worked for him. >> lookin

these community centers will only receive short term. it may be only talking about that obligated money but they will no longer get any more after this year. if this bill becomes law. that's why it's so important that this bill be defeated or that we adopt an amendment similar to our colleague from california. i ask unanimous consent to place this press release in the record with the listing of the health centers. the chair: again, the gentleman's request will be covered under general leave. are there further debate on this amendment? if not -- for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? >> i move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. ellison: mr. chair, i move to strike the last word and to rise in opposition to this underlying bill. as the senate votes this week on the republican's scheme to end medicare, i'm standing up to protect health care for our seniors. our seniors, they've blazed a trail for all of us. they fought the wars. they've earned the money. they've come and m

the incoming director for the schomburg center for research. khalil gibran muhammad will take over the landmark cultural institution in july. robert battle and khalil gibran muhammad coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: i could not think of a better week to conclude our week here in new york than to focus on the of the two and a cultural institution beginning with the famed alvin ailey dance center. robert battle will be taking over. he is only the third person to lead alvin ailey. i don't mean tha

>> no. >> there is no center? but your book says from the center of the universe, what does that mean? >> we are central in ways that derive from the principals of physics. it's not a geographical center. in the middle ages people thought the earth was the center of the universe and then people thought there was no place in the universe that was different. it was just an infinite open space. we know that's not the picture of the universe now. and we have found ways that we humans are central, at the center of all possible size no, sir universe. we are made of the rarest material in the universe. star dust. we are at the center of time in several different ways. we are actually integrated into this universe in very special ways. we are not just thrown together. >> we are almost out of time. i have questions for you. do you think we are also recapittative in our entity, in our being? >> do you mean are we -- >> we capit lating the whole history of the universe? >> we actually still include much of the history of the

they applauded when world trade center crews came through here. they're rebuilding an area called wtcp, world trade center project. and the people all who came here waving flags, wearing flags, singing songs, feel that they came together at an historic moment for history. they have some of them who are now grown or in eighth grade when the world trade center towers were attacked or destroyed. and tonight they gathered in celebration into the early morning hours it continues. the streets are jammed. it's like being in times square new year's eve. i can't tell you how big the crowd is. it goes in every direction. we are at an intersection in the middle of the street. this is the situation as people gathered to celebrate, to come to the world trade center almost 10 years after the tragedy to celebrate victory. this is chris gordon reporting from the world trade center for news 4. >> again, just hours ago at ground zero, chris gordon, who just happened to be in new york this weekend visiting. >> you can hear him being drowned out with the chants of us

we call these residential treatment centers. the place has 2000 beds. they can treat as many as 8000 people a year. in california, the reason they have so many heroin addicts on the street because you are a heroin addict, you cannot get drug treatment. the only of us who can get it are people with health insurance. anyone will tell you on the street we need residential drug treatment. take some of these dam presence, take down the gun towers, turned into a residential drug treatment centers -- some of these damned prisons. >> what are your suggestions as to the reform? one area we have not really talked about much is the impact of technology. where is that going now, and how do we need to expend that? how do we deal with the information that is being disseminated, how do we slow that down? are there other areas that also are bleeding into employment and housing, and what is the solution, is my question? he>> there has been a real leadership on the country to come up with smarter ideas, and we have had a lot of good examples and policies, state and feder

so, that said, why would you cut 10% of the budget for the center? are you aware of the consequences that's going to bring? last year you were about to lose oracle and the reason why we stayed is because the city gave them a big discount to stay here. now this year they're for sure going to go to las vegas if they realize that we have a loss of employees. and we want to receive the highest quality they deserve. >> budgets haven't all been set yet. all of the departments have been required to present 10% cuts. some of them are required to present 20% cuts. and we're going through those numbers, we'll be meeting with the center to find out whether and how that may or may not interrupt the conventions. i do believe that the conventions are a great source to us and we certainly don't mean to diminish the quality services, i mean, the services of the center has been excellent. so we will look closely at that to maintain it but everybody's making the tough choices and i know we'll with be having s.m.g. and our conventions bureau come in and we'll day a-- p

and multipurpose center on campus. my kids went to an elementary school and we were also the bears and we built our gym after my kids had left, and i can identify with coaching out in the rain and in the darkness and in the cold and the ability to have so many more uses and days that were previously unusable because of the weather or the short dayses in winter and that is a great benefit for all kinds of activities. i am very supportive of this project. president olague: commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: go bears. i am also a bear. and anyway, i was interested in the initial event about where students had been. and treasure island, i don't know if students know, but treasure island has been in the papers because of a huge development proposal for that island. the bridge would be terrific. and pointing to the mayor's office,